Archive for October, 2006
Okay, so school and baby have been keeping me super busy. I’ve had plenty of ideas for blog entries, some stuff I think would be really interesting to share but I’ve just been to busy for a proper post.
However, I just had to share this video… thanks to Weird Al.
Your very own Google powered search
0 Comments Published by Jonathan October 24th, 2006 in Librarianship, TechnologyGoogle has made available a service that allows anyone to build their own customized Google search right into their own website. The user is able to specify the websites to be searched.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/eureka-your-own-search-engine-has.html
What is one way this might be used? Many librarians (and other people) maintain link lists or web directories that point to [...]
I may be lucky to get in a few hours gaming a month, but I’m still a gamer at heart (a PC gamer at that) - and I’m excited about Nintendo’s innovative new console “Wii” due out in November.
According to the Dallas Morning News:
GameStop said at the show that it will be the only [...]
Public transportation and learning
3 Comments Published by Jonathan October 2nd, 2006 in Misc, Washington DCI started riding the bus to work again. Yeah for public transportation! Boo to the guy sitting behind me on the way home who’s Nextel phone makes the bus sound like an arcade. And within days of beginning my twice-daily bus ride I caught a nasty cold. When I think about [...]

